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Header photo of lupine leaves taken by me on Bar Island, May 2009.

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* The lotus, in both Hinduism and Buddhism, represents purity and non-attachment. As the flower of the lotus rises out of the mud and floats on water clean and beautiful, so can we strive to rise beyond the world around us.

Or, okay, maybe just this one. (I walked in there a couple weeks ago to check it out but didn’t buy anything. I was also two blocks away from Teany for several hours the night it caught fire, but I swear I had nothing to do with it.)